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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL


                                      STD-5    ENGLISH     GRAMMAR

                                        ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE


                                             HOME ASSIGNMENT-2


               OBJECTIVE:

               A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate active or passive verb forms.

               1. The instructor _____________the players to be careful.    (advise)
               2. She __________________ in 2012. (graduate)

               3. The police ____________ the stolen goods. (recover)
               4. The patient _____________ to the intensive care unit. (shift)
               5. The children ____________ abroad for higher education by their parent. (send)

               6. A doctor __________ to be compassionate. (need)


               SUBJECTIVE:

               B. Rewrite the following changing the active sentences to passive and passive

               sentences to active.
                   1.   The child impressed everyone with his polite manners.

                   2.   A girl from Chennai won the first prize.
                   3.   The readers like the latest book of the writer.

                   4.   They are painting the walls.

                   5.   The car has been fixed by the mechanic.
                   6.   She accepted their invitation with pleasure.

                   7.  C. Read the following steps for making tea and then write the process in the passive
                       form:



                   8. How to make tea?



                 o     Slice a lemon into two equal halves.
                 o     Squeeze the slices in a squeezer.

                 o     Collect the juice in a mug or in a half litre cup.
                 o     Add chilled water, sugar or salt and stir the mixture.
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